Leverage the Benefits of Cloud Computing for Build-Test and Deploy Tasks

Broadcast Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011
Time: 10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET
Duration: One hour

Speakers:
Usman Muzaffar, Vice President of Product Management
Patrick Egan, Publisher, CM Crossroads

Cloud computing is happening in a big way.  No wonder: infrastructure-as-a-service, resource elasticity, and user self-service promises huge returns.

Software development and test’s  need for scalable, flexible, compute-intensive IT infrastructure makes it a great customer for the benefits of cloud computing. Whether it is vast clusters for testing, dozens of machines to run ALM tools, or the incessant requests for “just one more box,” development teams are always asking for something and it is always changing.

Because of these unique needs as well as security concerns, many enterprises are turning first to building a private cloud -- run by IT, used by development -- within their own firewall.

This webinar will present a blueprint for creating a private development clouds that enables IT to provide infrastructure as a service to developers.  With an emphasis on build-test-deploy tasks, we will show how task and workflow automation, resource management, and tool integrations allow development teams to effectively use a private cloud infrastructure and run these tasks in a shared environment.  We will also discuss how IT organizations at leading enterprises have leveraged Electric Cloud solutions to transform generic grid and VM infrastructure into private development clouds tailored to their development teams.

About the Presenters:

Usman Muzaffar,
Vice President of Product Management

Usman Muzaffar is Vice President of Product Management at Electric Cloud. He was part of the team that founded the company and served as one of the original developers on both the ElectricAccelerator and ElectricCommander products. He then served as Director of Services, responsible for Sales Engineering and Technical Support. Prior to Electric Cloud, he worked as a Software Engineer at Scriptics, Inc. and Interwoven (acquired by Autonomy) designing and developing content management, syndication, and distribution systems. He holds a BA in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University.

About the Sponsor:

Electric Cloud is the leading provider of software production management (SPM) solutions. Electric Cloud solutions automate, accelerate and analyze software build/test/deploy processes to optimize both physical and virtual IT environments. The company's patented and award-winning products help development organizations to speed time to market, boost developer productivity, and improve software quality. Leading companies across a variety of industries, including semiconductors, enterprise IT, ISVs, mobile devices, and transactional Web sites rely on Electric Cloud's SPM solutions to transform software production from a liability to a competitive advantage.